By the time kenai was a year old, it was evident that something was wrong with her. If we tossed a ball, she would go after it, tumble or stumble and go head over heels and go down. One day, we decided no more playing, and she picked up a stick on her own accord, flung it and took off after it, fell over and couldn't get up!
We rushed her to the vet, and he told us she needed a specialist, so we took her in to be seen. She was diagnosed with a rare bone disorder. We were told that she could easily break a bone. We were told to keep her in a kennel as much as possible, not let her travel with us etc.. We went home and talked it over and decided that other than no playtime with her, we couldn't just pen her up so she will live longer, and we would just let her be a dog.
She hasn't broken any bones, but she is having a hard time moving around now. I know that the decision is at hand and quicker than we want it to be, but I was wondering if there was anything that someone knew about that would help her joints? She is so young, and she does not have the hip dysplasia, her movements are stiffened in her front legs. The vet said that this was caused by the *beep* being bred back so many times to the same male and it weakened the lines. When we told the breeder about what we discovered and sent her the paperwork on it, she could of cared less.
